This was posted on one of my other blogs first… While I have been away, things have been happening! Managed to make some new cards for the teachers as summer presents this year. Need to make a couple more and then I’ll post a couple pics on my business site. Got one kid promoted from […]
Month: June 2007
Ciocia Judy in Seattle
Well, my Babble friend, Ciocia Judy (that’s pronounced chuh-chuh) and I met up on June 16 for a day of non-stop talking and touristing. From noon to eight, we talked, ate (lunch and supper bookended our visit), strolled and enjoyed the day. My stidfamily came along too for part of the day, and we had […]
How to make a Marble
Militant Playtpus has a cool post with a video that shows how marbles of all kinds are made. My mother gave me a wonderful glass marble a few years back. Now I know how it’s done! Thanks again, Mother.
Garden Pics
I actually took these a couple days ago, but only just found the cables I needed to connect the camera (story of my life). Here, for your enjoyment, a few of the pics from the garden this last week. Roses by the front door (lovely, but no scent): A small magnolia between the old-fashioned tea […]
School Projects are Fun!
Here are a couple pictures from G’s presentations Wednesday Evening. If you click on one, it will send you to the Picasa Album and you can scroll through all of them there. Then use your back button to return here. About half the class showed up (most in costume) to present their work on a […]
Rain
It’s raining today. All last week, it was hot — high 70s and low 80s — which for us is end-of-summer weather, not end-of spring! I am glad it is raining. The clouds do a far better job of getting ALL my plants than I can do right now. I fear I have lost a […]
Tanforan
Warning, this one is more deep than my normal posts, and probably unsettling. But I think it needed saying. Tanforan was the name of a horseracing track in California. Then it became a waystation for people of Japanese ancestry prior to their internment in concentration camps in the United States. It was mentioned in the […]